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	<description>Practical Marketing Strategies for Small Business</description>
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		<title>Great Resources for How to Delegate</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/11/01/great-resources-for-how-to-delegate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:34:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s business planning time and I, for one am taking a serious look at restructuring my business, bringing on more virtual team members and becoming more efficient and more profitable. Small Business Trends has pulled this list of useful links in the area of delegation. I&#8217;m checking them out &#8212; you should too. Amplify&#8217;d from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brian Solis telling CEOs How it Is</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/10/21/brian-solis-telling-ceos-how-it-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:18:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.charleneli.com/2011/10/book-review-the-end-of-busin&#8230; In his new book &#8220;The End of Business as Usual&#8221; Solis explains to CEOs who haven&#8217;t embraced social media &#8211; how their connected customers are changing how business is done. See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1f9pl]]></description>
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		<title>Affiliate Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/10/21/affiliate-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this still a viable option as an online business? Amplify&#8217;d from smallbiztrends.com The War Against Affiliate Marketing Continues 1 Comment&#160; By Susan Payton &#8211; October 21, 2011 If you&#8217;re an affiliate marketer, it seems to keep getting harder to run your business, thanks to companies that don&#8217;t want to support affiliate marketers. This is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Have to Keep Repeating Your Message</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/07/25/why-you-have-to-keep-repeating-your-message/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/07/25/why-you-have-to-keep-repeating-your-message/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Conversation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past weekend, I took a really interesting communications course.  We were exploring the nature of conversations.  I won&#8217;t get into the details, but one concept that really made my light bulb flash was this idea that we treat conversations (the words we say to each other) as if they were physical objects.  And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Ways to Boost Your Bottom Line</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2011/04/21/six-ways-to-boost-your-bottom-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Patricia Sigmon adapted from her new book, &#8220;Six Steps to Creating Profit&#8221; How often have you spent an entire business week working to &#8220;make payroll&#8221; without a single moment&#8217;s thought about your bottom line? You&#8217;re not alone. With credit crunch and cash flow fears looming, it&#8217;s not surprising that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Easy Low Cost Lead Generators You Can Try Now</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/09/13/7-easy-low-cost-lead-generators-you-can-try-now/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/09/13/7-easy-low-cost-lead-generators-you-can-try-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have customers &#8211; they you&#8217;ve got yourself a money machine. Â These are people who see enough value in what you offer and consistently trade their money for your product or service. Â And this is a great thing. Â  But are you managing your money machine? Â What can you do to keep it going? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Manage Your Social Media Marketing Experience</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/09/08/how-to-manage-your-social-media-marketing-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/09/08/how-to-manage-your-social-media-marketing-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors And Closing Deals Online]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I had my social media world all figured out. Â But that was before it got complicated and I lost track with what was really important. Â Before long &#8211; Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn &#8212; none of it seemed to have any purpose. Â Even though I had policies and processes for what to do &#8212; I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Presentation on PowerPoint Designed to Inspire and Educate and NOT Kill</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/08/16/a-presentation-on-powerpoint-designed-to-inspire-and-educate-and-not-kill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/08/16/a-presentation-on-powerpoint-designed-to-inspire-and-educate-and-not-kill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the next month or so I&#8217;m going to be doing more speaking and presenting than I&#8217;ve done all last year! Â Like every other skill &#8212; if you don&#8217;t use it, you lose it. Â Quite frankly, I&#8217;m feeling a little rusty. I&#8217;ll be doing one LIVE presentation at this year&#8217;s BizCamp (using PowerPoint) and I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How a Basic Sketch Book Helped Focus My Positioning Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/06/14/how-a-basic-sketch-book-helped-focus-my-positioning-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/06/14/how-a-basic-sketch-book-helped-focus-my-positioning-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 23:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve gotten all kinds of good advice lately &#8212; but this little piece of insight has really helped me tighten up my positioning and differentiation strategy in an unexpected way. Patti Renner (That Landing Page Lady) is my FAVORITE copywriter. Â And for good reason &#8212; she has these low-tech, low-cost ways of getting into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Hire Someone That Has Their Own Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/06/10/should-you-hire-someone-that-has-their-own-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.strategystew.com/2010/06/10/should-you-hire-someone-that-has-their-own-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ivana Taylor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would YOU hire someone that has a consulting or freelancing business on the side? In the past, many employers would say &#8220;No way!&#8221; Â After all, if that person is focused on THEIR business, they won&#8217;t be focused on mine &#8212; right? WRONG! There are HUGE benefits to hiring marketers, copywriters, designers and other professional freelancers [...]]]></description>
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